The Aga Khan Award for Architecture has announced a 19-strong shortlist including buildings by Marina Tabassum, Kéré Architecture and David Chipperfield Architects. Projects from 15 countries have been shortlisted for the award, which aims to “identify… Read More »Buildings in Palestine, Senegal and Iran on Aga Khan shortlist
Egypt’s transport minister Kamel al-Wazir has announced that plans are progressing for a bridge connecting Egypt and Saudi Arabia across the Red Sea. “We have now completed the planning for the bridge between Egypt and Saudi… Read More »Egypt “ready to implement” bridge to Saudi Arabia over Red Sea
Staggered volumes with angled roofs will make up Muzej Lah, a contemporary art museum that British studio David Chipperfield Architects is designing beside Lake Bled in Slovenia. Set to open in summer 2026, the 5,000-square-metre… Read More »David Chipperfield Architects unveils contemporary art museum for Lake Bled
Dezeen Showroom: Japanese office furniture brand Okamura has created an inviting chair with a curvilinear form designed specifically to seat guests in office environments. An executive guest chair with a low back and rounded upholstered… Read More »Emino chair by Okamura
Architecture studio Ciszak Dalmas and Spanish architect Matteo Ferrari have arranged ceramic mosaics and hammered glass around original decorative columns in the interiors of Aesop‘s Las Salesas store in Madrid. Set on the ground floor… Read More »Aesop arranges Madrid store around four rediscovered cast iron columns
London firms Wet Studio and Studio Popelo put a contemporary spin on traditional Spanish aesthetics when designing La Camionera, a lesbian bar in Hackney. The bar was named after a Spanish slang term for butch… Read More »Lesbian bar La Camionera “reinterprets the traditional Mediterranean bar”